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When a tech topic has been tried and tested, we'd like to show our readers that its quality and completeness has been verified. If you've tried a tech topic and want to add a wikiHow Tech Team review stamp to it, this wikiHow will help.

Steps

1

Find a tech topic that you want to review. The best candidates are simple tasks that are easy to complete from beginning to end, with a definitive sign of whether they worked or not.

Feel free to ask Anna if you're not sure whether the topic is a good one for review.

Articles dedicated to one program or platform tend to be easier to review than ones that would require you to have several devices or types of software.

2

Follow all the steps in the article, from start to finish.

3

Make sure the process works as written. The article should deliver on the promise of its title. For that reason, topics that work in some cases or for some people aren't great candidates for review (they might still be very helpful and useful topics, though, even without a review stamp).

Ideally, check both the written method and the screenshots. If anything looks off with the writing, you can fix it! If you want to replace screenshots, you can, or you can leave feedback or an image request for the Wikivisual team.

4

Open up the tech widget. To get to this feature, add ?action=edit&tech_widget=1&advanced=true to the end of the article URL in your browser.

The widget will only show in edit mode, and only in advanced editing.

5

Scroll to the bottom of the page, below the editing window. Fill out the Tech Article Data there.

Pick the closest possible product for the tech topic described. If no category fits the topic, it may not be a good candidate for review; generally, the more specific topics on commonplace products are best for review, not broad ones or ones on unusual products.

Check the box next to the relevant platform. These choices are intentionally few for now; if none of the options apply, you can pick "Other".

Check the box next to "Tested" if - and only if - you actually tested the steps and verified they work as written.

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Click "Publish" to save your changes. Even if you didn't add any wikitext, just click Publish to process your review. Your edit won't appear in the history, but if you tested the platform, a "wikiHow Technology Team" stamp should appear in the right-hand corner of the desktop page.

You can also verify that the widget info was stored in the database by re-opening the widget link on that page.

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wikiHow is a “wiki,” similar to Wikipedia, which means that many of our articles are co-written by multiple authors. To create this article, volunteer authors worked to edit and improve it over time. This article has also been viewed 5,814 times.